From: Frederick Haab <fred DOT haab AT turner DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.graphics.algorithms
Subject: Re: Test Gone Bad.. Ideas?
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 14:10:06 -0400
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David Jenkins wrote:
 
> In article <3441794B DOT 41C6 AT turner DOT com>, Frederick Haab
> <fred DOT haab AT turner DOT com> writes

> >First of all, I'll also start by scolding you about posting a binary
> >on a non-binary newsgroup.  But I won't go balistic about it either.

> Why not??
 
> Is it just me??

I agree, you have very legitimate complaints.  In a perfect
world people would read the newsgroups for a while before
posting.  People would try to find and read the charter of
the newsgroup before posting.  People would leave specific
systems out of non-specific newsgroups (like c.g.a, which
is where I'm responding to this from).  In a perfect world
people would use better subject lines so you would know
to skip over that message.  People would refer to the FAQ
before posting.

In a perfect world you wouldn't have to pay connection
time charges.

All in a perfect world.

But this guy is obviously new, obviously didn't know he'd
piss people off by posting this, obvisously asked in the
right place (about rotation) since this group should be
as much for beginners as experts.  So yes, get mad at
him and tell him not to do it again, but I still don't
see any reason to go ballistic.  There is a problem with
the internet these days that old timers find very frustrating,
but all the new people are not just going to go away.
We need to tell them what we find acceptable or not,
but you can't just ignore them and hope they will go away.

So a someone asks a legitimate question, but asks it in the
wrong way...sorry, I'll let him know he shouldn't have done
it, but I also answer his question...that's just how I am.
Excuse me for not having a short fuse.

Fred

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- Frederick Haab - Software Developer - Turner Production -